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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Shaggy Psocids (Dasydemellidae) » Teliapsocus » Teliapsocus conterminus

Species Teliapsocus conterminus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Barklouse nymph (or female?) - Teliapsocus conterminus Unknown Insect - Teliapsocus conterminus Psocidae ? - Teliapsocus conterminus Psocidae, with light wing pigmentation - Teliapsocus conterminus Barklouse - Teliapsocus conterminus Barklouse - Teliapsocus conterminus Barklouse Nymph - Teliapsocus conterminus Bark Louse - Teliapsocus conterminus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Psocomorpha
Infraorder Caeciliusetae
Family Dasydemellidae (Shaggy Psocids)
Genus Teliapsocus
Species conterminus (Teliapsocus conterminus)
Explanation of Names
Teliapsocus conterminus (Walsh 1863)
Identification
The fine hairs along the front half of the forewing, the big arching cubital Loop (a U-shaped vein on the top-middle of the forewing), and the bicoloured pterostigma are distinctive marks of this species (comments here).
Range
e. and Pacific NA; so. US(1)
Life Cycle
reportedly associated with birch trees(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 September, 2007 - 10:34am
Additional contributions by cotinis, tom murray, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 5:33pm

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